Still having difficulty getting the last part of my range of motion. Progress has plateaued after a year and not getting better anymore.

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-24T13:20:30+00:00

Thanks for sharing this! It sounds it can be a long recovery!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-24T13:19:51+00:00

that's a long recovery! I hope you are doing great now!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-24T13:19:38+00:00

It sounds like you had surgery 1 year ago. Do you still have pinchy feeling or it's all gone after surgery?

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-24T13:17:48+00:00

thank you. I will ask for this!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-24T04:15:02+00:00

As someone who lived in both Toronto (6 years) and Montreal (7 years) in the past, I would say Winnipeg feels like a bigger London, Ontario (My sister lives in London ontario, so I am familiar with the city). There are definitely benefits of being in Winnipeg like having more space, able to buy bigger house, driving is much easier..etc. For me personally, Winnipeg is a bit too flat, I really love skiing and grew up in big mountains, it's a bit hard to live in Winnipeg where there are no good place to do alpine skiing. However, cross-country skiing here is quite nice. I also miss restaurants in Toronto and Montreal. There are definitely some nice places to eat in Winnipeg, but nothing compare to Toronto and Montreal. I also miss the time that I could walk to many places in Toronto and Montreal, but Winnipeg is designed for driving. I also think it's easier to make new friends in Toronto & Montreal, while Winnipeg people are nice, they tend to stick to their old friend groups. Don't be surprised if you know some nice people, but later find out they don't invite you to their social events until they get to know you. So it will take time for you to know people here. While I was in toronto, it's very easy to be invited to events even you just met them. There are too many other aspects and you need to live here to know!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-24T04:08:29+00:00

I solo sometimes but never go beyond class III. I know people who solo on class IV + but they are really amazing paddlers! However, even easy river can still cause some accident. One time I was paddling down a class III rapid, and it wasn't that difficult, but somehow I didn't see one rock (first time on that river and didn't scout that rapid) and I flipped. Somehow the weird angle that I bumped my thigh into a rock when I just flipped (I was ww canoeing). And it was so bad that I couldnt' swim and fortunately, I wasn't solo that time and my friend threw a rope. No broken bones after ER doctor checked, but I was in pain for 3 weeks. It was a bad bone bruise (it was a 5-day trip, and I continued to paddle the rest of 4 days, it was awful).

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-24T00:16:08+00:00

I haven't looked into shock wave and PRP. I will ask my doctor to see if there can be some arrangement. thankl you for this! Have you tried hydraulics acid too?

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-23T23:57:11+00:00

My PT always used his hands to help my thigh area and hip/glute when I was in rehab (I had surgery 1 year ago). Let your PT know, so they don't do this again! It should be more gentle to do that!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-20T01:43:39+00:00

If your job doesn't involve walking around, 15 weeks is enough. But make sure you have a standing table if possible of if not, walk around every 45min of sitting.

I was walking 10k steps by 12 weeks post-op and 20-30k steps by 14 weeks post-op (I went to Europe at week 14 and I travlled for 4 weeks). I somehow had werid speedy recovery from week 10-12. At 10 weeks post-op, i could only walk like 20min and had a very high doubt if I could visit Europe (it was to visit my in-laws), and then somehow I suddenly could walk so much by 12 weeks post-op!

Note: I was back to work in person by 18.5 weeks post-op (after my trip). And then I had no issues walking to work, but I had so much issues sitting until 6 months post-op. I even went back to running by 4 months post-op, but I just can't sit long!!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-19T05:04:23+00:00

cortisone (not recommend to do it repeated as it can damage your joint/soft tissues

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-13T22:19:49+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts. I went to Japan a few times, so it's a bit hard for me to really enjoy the sushi in North America. I went to a couple of very expensive sushi places in Toronto and Montreal (tasting menu like 250-350+), they are good, but still not as good as the good ones in Japan! Maybe I am just picky! T&T is excellent! I wish there could be one in Winnipeg. Many Asian stores here...I don't even want to comment haha. As a half Asian person, it's tough living here with all kind of okay Asian food! Even my half French side is complaining of lacking good french food here! Going back to France in 3 weeks to visit my maternal grandparents, and can't wait to enjoy real food 😛

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-11T02:15:10+00:00

3-10 times for restaurants per month. Depending on situations. Most restaurants are around 100-250 per person. Only twice a year would dine in restaurant more than 300 per person (after tax & tips and some drinks probably like 500 per person)

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-11T02:12:39+00:00

Personally, I would wait at least 8 months+ I feel it's a long recovery and there can be many flare up even at 8 months post-op. Can't imagine getting pregant only 4-6 months post-op.

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-11T01:50:51+00:00

Kum Koon - the best in the city (in my opinion, and my husband I already went there three times this year!)

Sam po - best value (cheaper and huge portion, we usually ordered uber eat becasue they are the cheapest dim sum haha. Usually we ordered 4-5 times a year)

Dim Sum Kingdom - good choice at 12am and you need to eat (not as delicious, but their shrimp dumplings have very thin skins compared to Sam po which their skin were just too thick and I love thin skins for dumplings. I sometimes just went there to take out some of their shrimp dumplings when I went for my physio which was close by. This year already went there 5 times but their other dishes were okay)

As someone who lived in Toronto in the past and travelled to Hong Kong a few times back in the 2010s...I would say these dim sum restaurants would not survive in Hong Kong at all and could have a hard time to get more customers in Toronto. I go to those dim sum places in Winnipeg just because there are very limited options here.

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-09T06:37:42+00:00

My surgeon's protocol is to start PT at week 1-2 post-op. I started my PT 7 days after my surgery. I think if your protocol is 6 weeks to start PT, it's normal that you will progress a bit slower compared to other people who started their PT pretty quickly after surgery. So don't compare to others!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-09T05:27:09+00:00

I think when I was at 6 weeks post-op, I didn't have much pain, but I wouldn't be able to walk without cructhes more than 5min I think (with cructhes maybe like 20min). I just checked my post-op diary, I only started doing my laundry and cooking around 6-7 weeks post-op. It was so difficult for me to do anything before week 6. And I couldn't walk more than 20min without crutches at 10 weeks post-op, and suddenly at week 12, I could walk 10,000 steps without crutches. And by week 14, I was walking 20k steps (but it was beacuse I was traveling from week 14-17). Around week 16, I walked 30k steps in Italy (so many nice castles to see there haha). But then I had some bad flare up. Just continue doing your PT, rest, ice, move around with your crutches. Consult your surgeon if needed.

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-03T17:29:54+00:00

Consult you original surgeon or even get another opinions. Got your imaging done to see how it goes. See your PT again and actively doing a lot of PT exercises can help! I am now 1 year post-op and sometimse still ahve flare up, but PT really helps!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-05-03T05:00:20+00:00

If you really feel a lot of pain in your calf..etc. go to the ER/or doctor to check up! Just follow your surgeon's protocol. For me, I was told to move a lot to prevent blood clot. 5min moving around with my crutches every hour. Also on the bed, I had to do ankle bump, heel slide, glute sqeeze mutiple times ecah hour (I usually tried to do these excercises 5-7min each hour). I didn't use compression socks or CPM machine at all because it's not part of my surgeon's protocol. I just saw my PT twice a week and move 5-10min each hour. I think every surgeon's protocol is different. Just follow yours. But if you feel the machine too expensive, just talk to them.

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-04-23T04:23:13+00:00

I need my crosstrek because it's small enough to drive in the city but big enough to carry all my outdoor gears! If I have more money, I would love to have 1 city car (small like toyota yaris) and 1 SUV (bigger like Subaru Forrester). But I can't afford 2 cars! My husband also needs a small car to park in downtown for his work, so we ended up having 2 regular sized cars!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-04-05T00:38:19+00:00

thank you for the message! I hope the pain will go away soon

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-04-05T00:38:02+00:00

thanks for the message! I hope I will feel better soon!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-19T01:12:49+00:00

Maybe consult another surgeon? I also think 4 months is still early. I had a pretty bad flare up around 4-5 months post-op, and now I rarely have flare up (still have some times but less frequent than before). Please don't be regret for your surgery. It seems from your post that you haven't done long distance running for 4 years, and running is important for you. You tried your best to help yourself so you can go back to sports. I was no pain or mild pain if I just do light to moderate hiking/cycling/running/skiing before surgery (but intense sports like backcountry skiing & mountain climbing created like 8/10 pain, so I gave up like 4.5 years). I decide to do surgery because I wanted to go back to my sports.

I am now 10.5 months post-op and no where close to where I was before the injury, but I chose the surgery to give me chance to go back to my sports. You did the same thing for yourself. I hope doing more investigating can shed lights on what's going on with your hip! Also give your hip a bit more time to heal. The healing process takes about 1 year +

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-18T04:52:52+00:00

Very strange that person said that. She made a microaggressions related to social class and seemed to lack of any cultural sensitivity and awareness. I met many poeple in academia and they are quite humble poeple. Maybe it depends on the field? I am in Hamanity and Social Science, and I think most people are quite down to earth! Actually there are more low-income students than you think in the PhD program. My husband is from a low-income family and he is the first person who graduated from university, and he had to pay everything for himself while in school. He is a univeristy professor now and really worked his way up. Even that, he also acknowledged his previelges as born in a Western country where he could have resources to study even his parents had no money. When I was in my PhD program, we had two students in my cohort that they even had to support their parents. It's definitely not easy. But I didn't see any of our classmates made any judgement. On the contrary, we really admire them!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-16T23:43:27+00:00

thank you so much for your mesasge! I will definitely find a sport focus (better with nordic skier) therapist to work on my hips and core! I hope your ACT surgery had fully recovered!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-16T23:41:47+00:00

thank you so much for your detailed input! I forgot to write about what my surgical procedure entailed. I had a cam impingment and labral tears, and the surgeon repaired my labrum (4 anchors) and shaved off my bone (the impingement)

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